Iván Petrovich has spent most of a working life as an actor recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. 'Elevator to the Gallows' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Horst Bencker. The filmography reaches back well before the best-known title. The career has been split between cinema and television rather than settled in either.
Iván Petrovich
Actor · Since 1958
68 years (Jan 1, 1894 – Oct 18, 1962)Újvidék, Serbia]Újvidék, Austria-Hungary [now Novi Sad, Serbia]
53 Movies
Iván Petrovich has spent most of a working life as an actor recognizable to viewers well beyond any single title. 'Elevator to the Gallows' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Horst Bencker. The filmography reaches back well before the best-known title. The career has been split between cinema and television rather than settled in either.
1894-01-01 · Újvidék, Serbia]Újvidék, Austria-Hungary [now Novi Sad, Serbia]
Iván Petrovich (1 January 1894 – 18 October 1962), born Svetislav Petrović, was a Serbian film actor and singer. He was the first actor from Yugoslavia to have a successful international movie career. Petrovich mainly worked in German cinema, but also collaborated with established directors in some 100 Hungarian, French, Spanish, Czechoslovakian and Hollywood movies.